Gombe reinstates deposed emir

The former Emir of Pindiga, Alhaji Mohammed Seyoji Ahmed, who was deposed by former Gombe State Governor Danjuma Goje, has been reinstated, nine years after his removal.

Ahmed was reinstated, following the removal of his successor, Alhaji Adamu Haruna Yakubu, two weeks ago.

Delivering his reappointment letter at the emir’s palace in Pindiga, the Secretary to the Gombe State Government (SSG), Abubakar Sule Bage, said Ahmed’s reinstatement followed the deposition of Yakubu, who was allegedly found guilty of several complaints against him.

The SSG said the committee, which investigated Ahmed, found him to be neutral in the politics of the day.

Bage said Ahmed was reinstated, following the recommendations of the reconstituted Kingmakers’ Council of Pindiga Emirate, which got approval from six persons in the three ruling houses of the emirate: Shuaibu, Hassan and Yakubu.

Bage urged the emir to be responsible to everyone in the emirate and avoid revenge or discrimination because his enthronement was ordained by Allah.